Articles from the August 26, 2014 edition

A raucous August 18 Mount Oliver council meeting marked by shouting and procedural challenges ended abruptly with President Darnell Sains calling for adjournment before the agenda was completed. Council member Amber McGough was absent. The meeting...

The City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning will hold a Residential Permit Parking (RPP) informational meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 27 for the next proposed permit parking district in South Side....

Allentown is one of three Pittsburgh neighborhoods soon to be involved in a heated competition to see which neighborhood can save the most energy. ReEnergize Pgh, a project of GTECH Strategies, will pit Allentown, Homewood and Hazelwood in an energy...

Pittsburgh’s Zoning Board of Adjustment has scheduled the following public hearings of interest to South Pittsburgh residents in the first floor hearing room of the John P. Robin Civic Building, 200 Ross Street, Downtown. Zone case 187/13 on...

Pittsburgh Police are seeking assistance from the public in identifying a man suspected of robbing the Subway Sandwich Shop at 219 Shiloh St. on August 16. According to police, the suspect showed the clerk a black semi-automatic handgun that was...

With the recent start of the school year the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police will be conducting a two-week proactive “Back to School Highway Safety Initiative” to help ensure children make it to and from school in a safe manner. Motorcycle...

Applications are now being taken for the Pittsburgh Citizen’s Police Academy (CPA). Twice a year, CPA brings the police and the community close together in a setting that offers civilians insight into the roles and responsibilities of the Bureau...

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Carrick is hosting several programs in the coming weeks for kids from kindergarten to teens. Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse will present Reuse-a-Palooza @ the Library for kids in grades K-5 to celebrate...

Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald and City of Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto announced that the final transition for the full merger of the City of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County’s 9-1-1 will begin this week, with full consolidation of...

Local artist Miss Freddye will bring her blues stylings to Carnegie Science Center on Aug. 30 for the final BLUE! performance. The performance will begin at 1 p.m. in the BLUE! exhibit gallery. Free with general admission to the Science Center,...

St. Pius X Church, 2336 Brownsville Rd. in Carrick, Pgh. Pa. 15210, will be holding its Annual Rummage Sale on Sept. 5-6 Hours of the sale will be 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Sept. 5 and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on Sept. 6. Shoppers may fill a bag at the $2 Sale starting...

On Saturday, Aug. 30 from 10-11:45 a.m. at the Buffalo Inn, South Park, Penn State master food preserver, Susan Marquesen, will be demonstrating state of the art techniques for the preservation of summer vegetable crops. Late summer is the perfect...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its annual report, Expenditures on Children and Families, also known as the Cost of Raising a Child. The report shows that a middle-income family with a child born in 2013 can expect to spend about...

The Society of Sancta Maria Magdalena celebrates its annual open air Healing Mass in honor of St. Rock, Patron of the Sick on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 5 p.m. The Mass will take place at the newly renovated Alla Famiglia Parking Center on Allen Street in...

Southbound lane restriction on Saw Mill Run Boulevard (Route 51) in the City of Pittsburgh and Whitehall Borough will begin on Wednesday, Aug. 27, weather permitting. A single lane closure will occur as needed on southbound Route 51...